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Exodus 21:26

World English Bible

“If a man strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

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Exodus 21:26 in other translations

And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

Exodus 21:26 · American Standard Version

Exodus 21:26 in context

  1. 24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
  2. 25burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
  3. 26“If a man strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
  4. 27If he strikes out his male servant’s tooth, or his female servant’s tooth, he shall let the servant go free for his tooth’s sake.
  5. 28“If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its meat shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.